Words similar to mistake

Example sentences for: mistake

How can you use “mistake” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Unfortunately, the mistake is compounded and perpetuated by dragging in expressions like man in the street, the average working man , and others, and, as a result, the entire argument degenerates.
Johnny and Luther Htoo, the chain-smoking 12-year-old twins who lead the Christian fundamentalist rebel group God's Army, made a horrible mistake Tuesday.
But others think the lawsuit is a mistake. "
“To make that mistake, you'd have to try really, really hard,” says Alan Cooper, head of the Henry Wellcome Ancient Biomolecules Centre at Oxford University in the United Kingdom.
Another tells the Wall Street Journal it means that Fed chairman Alan Greenspan admits he made a mistake.